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Claude Nougaro released the song “Cécile, ma fille” in 1963.
He became father in 1962 and his addressee was his 6-month-old daughter.
He composed the melody a cappella, and then Jacques Datin added arrangement to the song. It was re-released in 1969 and in 1972.
It was covered by many artists, like Michel Fugain (1981), Yves Duteil (1996), Maurane and Bernard Lavilliers in 2010.
Cécile Nougaro became a photographer and a musician. Since 2007, she has been managing Maison Nougaro project, Toulouse.
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Jean Ferrat was a leading light of post-war French chanson. He used to write protest songs, but he also alternated between love songs and poetic songs. He often struggled with censorship. Well-known for being a great composer, he set to music a lot of poems by Louis Aragon and made them famous. “C’est beau la vie” sounds very similar to several of his love songs. It was and still is a great success, and it is part of French chanson’s classics.
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